Michael Collins
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The following weapons were used in the film Michael Collins :
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Handguns Mauser C96 A Mauser C96 fitted with and without the optional shoulder stock by Michael Collins (Liam Neeson ) in the 1916 Easter Rising scenes in the beginning. Two IRA assassins also uses the weapon to kill two respective police inspectors.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser C96 - 7.63x25mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michael Collins fires his Mauser C/96 during the Easter Rising Error creating thumbnail: File missing An IRA assassin kills a British police inspector Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another assassin with a C96 kills Soames (Charles Dance ). Colt New Service Michael Collins uses a Colt New Service to threaten Ned Broy (Stephen Rea ) outside a bar, and later by Liam Tobin (Brendan Gleeson ) during the jailbreak scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt New Service - .45 Long Colt Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michael Collins threatens Ned Broy with his Colt New Service. The scene is dark and fuzzy but the details reveal the characteristics of the Colt New Service. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Liam Tobin threatens a British taxi driver as the IRA prepares to break out Éamon de Valera from prison. Webley Mk VI British officers, RIC Detectives and many IRA members including Michael Collins carry Webley Mk VIs throughout the film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley Mk.VI - .455 Webley Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rory O'Connor (Owen O'Neill )shows his empty Webley Mk.VI revolver Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tom, a British detective, is assassinated with a Webley Mk.VI - note the dummy rounds Error creating thumbnail: File missing Irish "G-Man" (played by Irish actor Sean McGinley ) holsters his Webley. Webley Mk IV Kitty Kiernan (Julia Roberts ) pulls a Webley Mk IV on a potential assassin during the political rally scene. A second (probable) Webley IV is wielded by an assassin in the killings. Since the Mk. IV and V are so alike it's difficult to properly identify which model is used in some scenes.
Webley Mk.IV - .455 Webley Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kitty Kiernan threatens an Anti-Treaty IRA member with her Webley Mk.IV Error creating thumbnail: File missing An IRA assassin aiming his Mk. IV or V. Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the retreat the shorter barrel of a Mk.IV or V is plainly visible. Browning 1900 Both the Irish and British uses the Browning Model 1900 . Vinny Byrne (Tom Murphy ) uses a Model 1900 to shoot a British detective through a newspaper. A British detective is carrying one at his untimely death at the hands of a IRA assassin. Joe O'Reilly (Ian Hart ) also uses one throughout the film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning 1900 - .32 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vinny Byrne assassinates a British detective with his Browning 1900 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vinny finishes off the detective Error creating thumbnail: File missing A British detectives final moments with his Browning 1900 in his hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Joe O'Reilly with his Browning 1900 Error creating thumbnail: File missing O'Reilly again with same weapon. Steyr 1912 Harry Boland (Aidan Quinn ) uses a Steyr 1912 during the Civil War scenes in Dublin. It is also used by an IRA assassin in the Bloody Sunday scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Steyr Hahn Model 1912 (1913 mfg) - 9x23mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing An IRA assassin (left) with a Steyr 1912 Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closer look at the IRA assassin's Steyr 1912 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Harry Boland fires his Steyr 1912 Colt 1911 A Colt 1911 is used by Liam Tobin in the Bloody Sunday scene. Harry Boland takes one from an overzealous bodyguard during his confrontation with Collins.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing A British intelligence officer is about to be executed by Liam Tobin Error creating thumbnail: File missing Harry Boland threatens his overzealous bodyguard with the guard's 1911. The lack of an external extractor sets it apart from it's "twin" the Star Model B . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another Assassin with a 1911. Luger P08 The Luger P08 is carried exclusively by IRA soldiers/assassins who uses it to good effect on the British Military and Police prescense.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing An IRA assassin holds a Luger on a British intelligence officer Error creating thumbnail: File missing The assassin with his Luger Luger P08 Artillery model An IRA assassin is seen preparing for the strike on British/Irish intelligence officers with a Luger P08 Artillery model. It is identifiable via it's longer barrel and rear sight. The P08 "Marine" model had the long barrel but not the rear sight which also helps identify it as a Artillery model.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger LP08 long barreled "Artillery" model - 9x19mm. Note the rear sight at the center of the weapon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The IRA man in the middle, partially hidden, holds the P08 Artillery model with the barrel upwards exposing the long barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The IRA man is hidden, but the distinct barrel and rear sight is visible across Collins (Liam Neeson) stomach. Rifles Ross Mk.III An IRA soldier can be seen surrendering a Ross Mk.III rifle in the Easter Rising scene.
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IRA soldiers can be seen carrying Lee-Enfield Mk.I rifles during the Easter Rising scene and the Civil War fighting in Dublin.The Mk.I makes several apperances but for the most part the shots are fuzzy due to the quick pace of the scenes and it is difficult getting a clear/sharp screenshot of it.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lee-Enfield Mk.I*] - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Anti-treaty soldier in the middle is carrying a Lee-Enfield Mk.I. It is identifiable via the portruding magazine which the (contemporary and also featured in the movie) Mauser 1898 rifle lacks. Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE) MK.III British and Irish forces throughout the film use Mk.III rifles .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lee Enfield SMLE Mk.III* - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing British soldiers control IRA prisoners with SMLE MK.III rifles and P'1907 bayonets Error creating thumbnail: File missing British firing squad with SMLE Mk.III rifles Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mk.III Error creating thumbnail: File missing Closeup of Mk.III and bayonets. Mauser Gewehr 98 The Mauser Gewehr 1898 is seen at least twice in the movie. Once during the urban fighting in the Civil War and later an IRA soldier (Jonathan Rhys Meyers ) uses a Gewehr 1898 at the end of the film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 98 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the foreground an Anti-Treaty soldier takes aim with his Mauser. The bulky rear sight is a dead giveaway. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The IRA soldier (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) runs to the ambush position. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same, taking aim. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shotguns 12 Gauge Double-Barrelled Shotgun 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotguns are used by various IRA soldiers throughout the movie including one sawed off shotgun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing J. Stevens and Company Side by Side Shotgun (Circa 1878) exposed hammers and designed to fire Black Powder shotgun shells - 12 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sawed off double barreled shotgun on the counter. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The man just right of Collins is holding a long (double) barreled shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another IRA member shows his shotgun with an unusual trigger guard. Winchester Model 1897 Trench Shotgun A Winchester Model 1897 Trench is carried by a Black and Tan arresting Ned Broy.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester Model 1897 "Trench Gun" - 12 gauge. This is an original mint condition 1935 Manufacture commercial trench gun by Winchester. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Black and Tan arrests Ned Broy while carrying a Winchester M1897 Trench Shotgun Error creating thumbnail: File missing The arresting Black and Tan on the left carries a shouldered M1897. Submachine Guns Bergmann MP18 A Bergmann MP18 is used by IRA members to assassinate three British secret service agents in a cafe.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bergmann MP18 submachine gun with drum magazine - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of Michael Collins' "Apostles" checks his MP18 Error creating thumbnail: File missing The "Apostle" fires his MP18 into a table full of British officers M1921 Thompson IRA members are seen using the M1921 Thompson submachine guns following Bloody Sunday and during the civil war fighting in Dublin. This is historically accurate, as the IRA bought some of the first Thompson guns off the production line.
The movie version is the M1921A which lacks the compensator of the later M1921AC.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt M1921A Thompson with 50-round drum magazine - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Anti-Treaty IRA member with a Thompson gun. Note the front sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Closeup of the Anti-Treaty IRA members Thompson. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another M1921A in the hands of a Anti-Treaty member during the Civil War. Heavy Weapons Lewis Gun The Lewis Gun is used by the Black And Tans, most noticeably to fire at Dublin tenements. Joe O'Reilly (Ian Hart ) uses one mounted on an Irish Army troop truck.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lewis Gun - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing Black and Tans carry Lewis guns through Dublin Castle Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Black and Tan prepares to fire his Lewis gun Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing O'Reilly takes charge of a Lewis during the ambush. Hotchkiss Mk.I A pair of Hotchkiss Mk.I machine guns turret mounted on the British (and later Irish) armored car and is seen used in the Bloody Sunday scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hotchkiss Mk.I - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hotchkiss Mk.Is mounted on a Peerless armored car Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up of a Hotchkiss Mk.I barrel Error creating thumbnail: File missing Frontal view of the Hotchkiss. Browning Automatic Rifle M1918 The Browning Automatic Rifle is seen in the hands of a Black and Tan and with an IRA member during the Civil War fighting in Dublin.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Early Browning Automatic Rifle - .30-06 Springfield Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Black and Tan closest to the camera carries a BAR. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Anti-treaty IRA member with a BAR Vickers Gun The British Vickers Machine Gun with a smooth water jacket is seen mounted on British and Irish vehicles. It is also seen at a checkpoint.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing A British Checkpoint during the rebellion. (the colour of the shot is due to a transition from a British news reel to "real" colour.) Error creating thumbnail: File missing British troops firing their Vickers from a truck during the 1916 uprising. The cylinder on the right is the muzzle of a Lewis Gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The vehicle in the background has a Vickers mounted in the turret. Another Lewis Gun is seen top right. Lanz Mortar Anti-treaty IRA forces are seen firing German WW1-era 91mm Lanz trench mortar Minenwerfer , during the street fighting in Dublin.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The trench mortar in action. The man on the right carries a slung Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* Ordnance QF 18 Pdr Used by the British army during the Easter Rising, and the Irish Army during the Civil War
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